Adam 'MCA' Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47Adam "MCA" Yauch, a founding member of the pioneering rap band Beastie Boys, died Friday after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, the band's publicist said. A torrent of Twitter messages from entertainers lauded Yauch, 47, as a visionary musical ...05/5/2012 - 8:40 am | View Link

Rapper Conquered Music World in ’80s With Beastie BoysWith a scratchy voice that grew scratchier through the years, Mr. Yauch rapped as MCA in the Beastie Boys, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. They offered many listeners in the 1980s their first exposure to hip-hop.05/5/2012 - 4:21 am | View Link

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch dies in NYC at 47Originally published: May 4, 2012 1:08 PM Updated: May 4, 2012 8:45 PM By RAFER GUZMÁN rafer.guzman@newsday.com Adam Yauch, a member of the pioneering rap trio Beastie Boys, has died after a years-long battle with cancer. He was 47. Yauch, known to fans ...05/4/2012 - 12:45 pm | View Link

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced rapper who helped make the Beastie Boys one of the seminal groups in hip-hop, died Friday. He was 47. Yauch, also known as MCA, died in New York after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, his ...05/4/2012 - 12:17 pm | View Link

Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys Dies9:38 p.m. | Updated An obituary for Adam Yauch, by The Times’s Jon Pareles, is available here. 3:49 p.m. | Updated Adam Yauch, one of the founders of the seminal hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died of cancer at the age of 47, his mother, Frances ...05/4/2012 - 11:22 am | View Link

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Adam YauchAdam Nathaniel Yauch (August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012) was an American rapper, musician, film director, and human rights activist. He was best known as a founding ...02/25/2015 - 1:08 pm | View Website

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